--- title: I have permission to carry the scraps over from the Court meals to m… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I have permission to carry the scraps over from the Court meals to my poor sick mother, and when I am going home at night, tired and weary, and rest for a little in the wood, then I hear the Nightingale singing! Who acts: I. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg640:48:45 # text = I have permission to carry the scraps over from the Court meals to my poor sick mother, and when I am going home at night, tired and weary, and rest for a little in the wood, then I hear the Nightingale singing! 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 scraps scrap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 over over ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 meals meal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 15 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 24 home home ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 rest rest VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 obl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 Nightingale Nightingale PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 singing singing NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | permission | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent permission=Patient | | 2 | **carry over** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the scraps | my poor sick mother | the Court meals | | over *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent scrap=Theme from meal=Initial\_Location to mother=Destination | | 3 | **go** | present · progressive | I | | | | night | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **rest** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | the wood | | for a little | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location | | 5 | **hear** | present | I | the Nightingale singing | | | then | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer singing=Stimulus | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/48/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/48/46/) - ↑ back to [The Nightingale](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/48/)